Just curious because they seem to be very whhhiiiiiny lately about what he’s doing.
I feel very parental right now. If they don’t like the mess they’ve gotten themselves into, they should remember that a year ago, they had a choice to do something about it. They could have threatened Obama and his minions. They could have mentioned Hillary Clinton as a possible replacement. They could have mended fences with some of the people they pissed off in 2008 so that we could all present a united front. All they needed to do was think strategically.
Not my fault they can’t get into an ivy league school don’t like the way the second Obama administration is going now.
What I do find very fascinating and disturbing is that the Republicans now feel safe adopting a “more moderate” Republican message. They have decided that the Tea Partiers are too frightening to the kiddies so they need to tone it down. But the new message sounds almost exactly like the Obama administration message of the last 4 years. That is, there is a consensus that the deficit must be cut and that it will be accomplished via spending cuts to popular programs while preserving most of the GOPs sacred cows.
This could have some significant impacts on future elections. If Republicans and Democrats now look almost identical, how can you tell the difference between them? If the strategy of letting the crazy right wingers hang by their own ropes worked so well in 2012, how can you get it to work in 2014 if the wingers start moderating their tone? The only way the Democrats could *possibly* win is by going left and cracking open a new vat of New Deal type policies. And that’s not likely to happen because they’re chickens. That’s right, they’re scared silly that someone will call them liberals like that’s a bad thing. And you can’t expect Obama to move left. He’s quite comfortable where he is.
So, what was the reason the Democrats didn’t try to get rid of him and put someone else in his place or at least threaten him? Beats me. I don’t think everyone in Congress is jumping to the plutocrats’ tune but they sure aren’t doing themselves any favors right now. Hey, maybe Democrats could stop trying to knife each other and do their homework, think strategically and present a united front.
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The last time an explosive convergence of meteorological events occurred over my house, it caused about $50 billion in damages to the region. I hope this Nor’easter/Winter storm/Blizzard thingy isn’t as bad as the weathermen are saying but I am so happy to have a generator in case it is. Thanks again, guys!
Maybe this would be a good weekend to head west…
This kitchen is going to need a loooooot of paint.
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